Born 1971 · Switzerland
Schweizer Buchpreis 2014 · Winner
Lukas Bärfuss · 43 when first published
Novel · 182 pages · Family, Historical
AI-generated summary:Two brothers hardly knew each other. When one kills himself, the other sets out to learn about his life, and about the nickname his friends in the Scouts gave him: Koala.
Schweizer Buchpreis 2008 · Shortlist
Hundert Tage
Lukas Bärfuss · 37 when first published
Novel · 180 pages · War, Love, Politics
AI-generated summary:Kigali, April 1994. David, a Swiss aid worker, lets the last evacuation flight for foreigners leave without him and hides in his house for a hundred days, fed by his gardener, because of Agathe, the woman he loves.